Expansion Continues At The Aurora Copper-Gold-Silver Deposit

VANCOUVER – Amarc Resources Ltd. reported on the drilling program which was primarily designed to expand the Aurora Deposit hosted within the 630 km2 JOY District. Drilling at Aurora in 2024 discovered high grade near surface copper-gold-silver (Cu-Au-Ag) mineralization with exceptional vertical and lateral continuity. Amarc believes the discovery of Aurora is potentially key to the emergence of a world-class porphyry Cu-Au district in the Toodoggone.
Twenty-four drill holes (9,687 m) were completed at the Aurora Deposit in 2025: 23 of these are expansion step-out holes drilled over an area of 1 km by 1 km. Assay results from six drill holes completed on Sections 8000N and 8100N announced today have successfully expanded AuRORA +200 m to the north. The deposit remains open to further expansion to the north, east and west of Section 8000N and 8100N, with assay data pending from additional 2025 drill holes located further to the north. This northern extension to the deposit is in addition to partial assay results from Aurora hole JP25098 announced previously that expand the deposit approximately 300 m to the southeast. Host rocks, alteration and mineralization remain consistent with that encountered in the 2024 Aurora discovery drill holes.
“The Aurora porphyry copper-gold-silver deposit discovery is a game changer for Amarc, the Toodoggone District and British Columbia,” said Diane Nicolson, President and CEO. “Not only are the previously announced near surface high grade results some of the highest porphyry grades ever intercepted in the Province, they have been encountered in younger volcanic rocks than those hosting the Kemess porphyry deposits on the property immediately south of JOY, indicating that these younger volcanics are highly prospective and, as such, notably increase the exploration potential across the JOY District. So Amarc-Freeport may also be rewriting the exploration play book in the Toodoggone.
Information released to date from the 2025 Aurora drilling program shows the potential for significant and on-going deposit expansion, and these porphyry grades remain among the highest encountered in British Columbia. As drilling continues to step out at the AuRORA Deposit, its discovery is key to unlocking the potential of the JOY District and, with the TWINS and Canyon Discoveries, PINE and Brenda historical deposits and new high potential deposit targets. There is clearly a lot more to come.”